Hong Kong, 11 June 2008 LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – The international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP has been strengthened with the hire of Sidharth Bhasin ? a leading India specialist. He joins as counsel, based at the firm?s Hong Kong office. Sidharth brings substantial knowledge and experience to Shearman & Sterling?s India
LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – The former finance director and chief investment officer of Soka University of America has pleaded guilty to federal charges of embezzling Soka’s funds over the course of seven years and funneling the money through sham Soka bank accounts that he created. Kiyoshi Hatanaka, 52, of Aliso Viejo, pleaded guilty Monday
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LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Three Miami area brothers who allegedly financed 11 corrupt HIV infusion clinics and a physician’s assistant who worked at those clinics have been charged in a $110 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced
June 11, 2008 (LAWFUEL) Good morning. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Government in the Sunshine Act on June 11, 2008. Today we are beginning the consideration of a package of rules that would regulate the conflicts of interests, disclosures, internal policies, and business practices of credit
Washington, D.C., June 11, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to formally propose a comprehensive series of credit rating agency reforms to bring increased transparency to the ratings process and curb practices that contributed to recent turmoil in the credit markets. “The events of recent months have had a profound effect
MINNEAPOLIS, June 11, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Charles H. Johnson & Associates announces that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of NexCen Brands, Inc. (“NexCen” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:NEXC) publicly traded securities during the period May 10, 2007 through
NEW YORK, June 11, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of TomoTherapy, Inc. (“TOMO” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TOMO) from October 10, 2007 through April 17, 2008 (the
DENVER, June 11, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Dyer & Berens LLP (www.DyerBerens.com) announced today that a proposed class-action lawsuit on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Franklin Bank Corp. (“Franklin Bank” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:FBTX) between April 26, 2007 and May 1, 2008 (the “Class Period”) was filed in the
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A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC’s Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources. A US gagging
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Cesar Ernesto Gonzales, 41, an illegal alien from Havana, Cuba, was sentenced here yesterday by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 130 months in federal prison. Gonzales pleaded guilty on March 24, 2008 to Possession with Intent To Distribute Cocaine Base (70 months) and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of
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